Report filed by the Forest and Wildlife Department, Kerala in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the news item published in the Hindu, Chennai edition paper dated 30/07/2024 titled "Wayanad landslides live updates: 54 killed, over 100 feared missing in Kerala hill station; relief …
Almost 5.56 lakh people have been rescued so far from the 12 flood-affected districts With three more deaths reported on Sunday, the toll in Bihar rose to 156 as there was no let up in the flood situation in the State while in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh the Ganga continues to …
More than 3,000 Louisiana residents were still in emergency shelters as record flood waters receded on Monday, while government officials weighed options for temporary housing after the state's worst disaster since Hurricane Katrina. About 60,600 homes have been reported damaged or destroyed in flooding that swept through 20 parishes, or …
As floodwaters receded Thursday, a week after torrential rains decimated parts of Louisiana, communities throughout the region turned themselves inside out: people dragged carpet, furniture, sheetrock into their yards, in a race to air out their homes before mold sets in. “Smell it?” said Justin Martinez as he and family …
Search-and-rescue operations were still underway on Tuesday in Louisiana, where at least 11 people have died in severe floods that damaged about 40,000 homes, state officials said. Emergency crews had already plucked more than 20,000 people and 1,000 pets from flooded areas after a storm that broke records for 24-hour …
Hundreds of primary schools located along either bank of the Brahmaputra were flooded this monsoon. For several weeks, students of schools in flood-prone areas missed classes. To make matters worse, the state government set up relief camps in schools, further inconveniencing students and affecting classes. Such interruptions, frequent in a …
Guwahati: Flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Monday with three more persons losing their lives, taking the death toll to 34 in the current deluge in which over 11 lakh people have been affected. According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two persons were killed at …
GUWAHATI: Flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Monday with three more persons losing their lives, taking the death toll to 34 in the current deluge in which over 11 lakh people have been affected. According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two persons were killed at …
Over 15,70,571 lakh people are reeling under the fury of floods in 19 districts of Assam. Over 2,653 villages are affected in the current deluge. The Kaziranga and Manas National parks have also been submerged in swirling flood waters. District administrations have set up more than 322 relief camps and …
In response to a series of floods and landslides which swept across Sri Lanka between 14th and 22nd May, the European Commission is providing Euro 200,000 (Rs. 32.8 million) in humanitarian funding to assist the most affected populations, the European Union said in a statement Thursday. This aid will directly …
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Floods in Sri Lanka which have forced more than 350,000 people from their homes have left some families with nothing, the Red Cross said on Wednesday as it launched an emergency appeal to deliver relief to tens of thousands of people in the country. Last …
Green groups deliver petition to Downing Street calling for action as poll finds 61% of the British public think more should be spent on flood defences The government is spending too little on flood defences, according to a large majority of the British public. A YouGov poll commissioned by Greenpeace …
About 16,000 houses in England were flooded during the wettest December in a century, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss has told MPs. Defending the government's response to the crisis, she said flood defences had protected more than 20,000 homes. Financial aid was provided in "record time", and there are plans to …
The Israeli government has donated items worth Sh1 million to more than 1,000 families affected by floods in Migori county. The Israeli and Kenyan governments have hinted at starting programmes to increase food security in the region. Israeli Ambassador Yahel Vilan on Monday donated three bulls, 100 bags of maize, …
Kampala — The Egyptian minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Prof Hossam Moghazy, arrived in the country on a three-day visit on Tuesday and is expected to sign a grant agreement of $4.5 million (about Shs15 billion) aimed at mitigating flooding in Kasese District. Every rainy season, River Nyamwamba on …
Jayalalithaa writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi As Tamil Nadu was ravaged by four rounds of floods that have brought catastrophic destruction and devastation, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the event as a national calamity. In her letter to Mr. Modi, Ms. Jayalalithaa …
CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately release Rs 5,000 crore, ‘on account’, from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for taking up relief and restoration works in rain-ravaged Chennai and other parts of the State. Responding to her, the Prime Minister, who …
Mobile phones and landline services choked; ATM and banking services paralysed. Chennai: Signs of easing of situation in flood-battered Chennai emerged on Friday with no fresh rains and a sharp fall in water levels of Adyar and Kumbh rivers that were in spate following torrential rains as rescue and relief …
The Union Finance Ministry has said that it has taken immediate steps to release funds to the flood-affected Andhra Pradesh. The government said it allocated Rs. 1,030 crore to Andhra Pradesh for dealing with the disaster, and it would consider more help to the severely affected States based on assessment …
CHENNAI: Within a couple of hours of receipt of memorandum on the losses caused by heavy rains in Tamil Nadu from Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi allocated Rs 939.63 crore for dealing with the situation arising from the floods. The PM’s office said that a …
CHENNAI: A day after allocating exclusive phone numbers at party headquarters for people affected by floods to seek relief and rehabilitation, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday announced Rs 1 crore aid towards flood relief in the state. "In the last 10 days, unprecedented rain has been lashing Tamil Nadu …
